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Paris: Is This The Prettiest Breakfast Room In Paris?

juliab — 2012-02-14T15:00:01-05:00

Why, isn’t this just the prettiest darn little breakfast room you ever did see? It’s the vision that greeted us in the morning at Hotel Le Bellechasse in Paris recently.

The hotel was designed by Christian Lacroix, meaning that the rooms are really something – butterflies, horses, zodiac signs on the ceilings, for example – but the public areas are just as special.

The walls were amazing – Roman columns and Pompeian frescoes here, orange trees and parrots there, a still life, a medieval picture of a grocery store, and an Impressionist lady sitting at a table in the corner by the entrance.

Chicago: Is it an Ace or an ACME? Chicagos Latest Hotel Copycat, But In a Good Way

ninakhahn — 2012-02-14T14:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/102917/ACME_King_Suite_Bedroom_Model.jpg" class="top"> Look out, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/chicago hotels">Chicago</a>, another new boutique hotel will be popping up on your fertile grounds this spring, taking up residence in River North where the former Comfort Inn & Suites (15 E. Ohio) once stood. Set to open this May, the new indie cool <s>Ace Hotel</s> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/ACME+Chicago+Hotel/local/4964">ACME Hotel Property</a> promises to deliver a casual, design-driven experience for the younger, more technically savvy set. A game changer in many ways, the ACME Hotel represents Chicagos first real foray into hipster affordability. And much as we try, we cant avoid the elephant in the room. ACME throws so many in-your-face similarities to the edgy, affordable Ace brand that its impossible not to call a spade a

HotelTonight Has 'Suite Heart' Hotel Deals for Tonight's Last-Minute Lovers

juliana — 2012-02-14T13:01:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hoteltonight_surreyVday2.jpg" class="top"> The window is fast closing on ways to impress your lover today on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/valentine's day hotels">Valentine's Day</a> but you won't have to settle for downing a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/13/144129/932/hotels/Three_Tasty_Valentine_s_Day_Hotel_Specials_Worth_Sampling">love potion</a> at the hotel bar. Thanks to the last-minute hotel booking app, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hoteltonight">HotelTonight</a>, you can actually stay inside a hotel--in a suite--tonight. And you can do it, without forking over thousands of dollars. The Suite Heart Sale, which just began a short while ago, is offering frazzled lovers eager to please their sweethearts a luxury suite stay at the same price as a regular room. For those who haven't downloaded HotelTonight to their phones yet, the app works like this--deals for tonight's hotel rooms show up at

Toronto: Ted Danson Will No Longer Host Dinner Parties At Sutton Place Toronto

ASchechter — 2012-02-14T11:35:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/TedDansonSuttonPlace.jpg" class="top">If Toronto's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sutton+Place+Hotel/local/2031">Sutton Place Hotel</a> ever held a special place in your heart, prepare yourself for some sad news. A new developer who's taken over the iconic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Movie%20Set%20Hotels">movie set hotel</a> is planning to turn the 33-story building into a 42-story luxury condo high-rise, and construction is set to begin by the end of the year. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/08/sutton-place-hotel-set-to-close-be-retrofitted-as-a-luxury-condo/">PostedToronto</a> reported that Lanterra Developments wants to preserve the "vibe" of the hotel (which, due to its proximity to the Toronto International Film Festival, has traditionally been a favorite of celebrities and film industry peeps), but is planning some major structural changeslike adding 20,000 square feet of retail space to the ground floor. All of which kind of puts an

HotelChatter's Favorite Bathrooms Ever

ASchechter — 2012-02-14T10:15:01-05:00

For better or worse, today is Valentine's Day. And in honor of all the naughty business we know will be going down in hotel rooms around the globe today, we thought we'd take a look at some of HotelChatter's favorite bathrooms ever.